A new AmeriCorps environmental program inducts new members in Sacramento. A new senior affordable housing complex opens downtown. Finally, revisiting the river fable “A River Called Home.”

AmeriCorps ‘Forest Corps’

A group of environmentally-conscious individuals was recently inducted in Sacramento as the inaugural class of AmeriCorps’ new Forest Corps program. A partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, the Forest Corps deploys teams to help with wildfire mitigation, reforestation, resource management and more. Tanya Gipson-Nahman, Pacific Region Director for AmeriCorps NCCC and Nicolette Ledbury, Forest Corps Project Manager join Insight to talk about how the program came about, and the work its members will be doing - including here in Northern California.

New ‘Wong Center’ Affordable Housing

A new housing complex for seniors opened earlier this summer in downtown Sacramento, looking to make a dent in the ongoing housing affordability crisis. Called the Wong Center, the new complex includes 150 subsidized apartments for income-eligible residents aged 55 and older. Resident Services Manager Ni Ton and Lease Up Manager Choua Lee talk about what this community means, financially and socially, for the residents that call the Wong Center home.

Best Of: ‘A River Called Home’

An El Dorado County author and artist have teamed up to transform more than 50 years of river adventure into a new book. In this rerun from March, Artist Robin Center and author Moira Magneson discuss having boated 27 rivers across four continents, which inspired their novella A River Called Home: A River Fable. The book is a love letter to the American River and a testament to the power of friendship.